Analyzing web stats has the tendancy to become an obsession for most webmasters at some stage in their career. Whilst profiling user information can prove to be extremely beneficial to a websites direction, it can get out of hand and start making a negative impact upon your workflow.

This is especially true when you first start work on your site. It can be all too tempting to enter your stats control panel and check to see if anyone has reciprocated your links or if anyone has even visited your site at all. Speaking from past experience this can be extremely disheartening, resulting in you giving up before you've really got started.

The best way to defeat "stat addiction" is to try to see the complete picture. Your stats will continue to remain at zero if you check on them every other hour without doing something about it.

By adding more content to your site you will automatically increase it's desirability in the long run and people will be more likely to link to it. If you keep amassing quality pages and backlinks, 3-4 months down the line your site will gain a strong userbase who will help inspire you with new ideas!

If you have writers block and are tempted to hit the reload button, browse around Wikipedia on the topics that you are often write about on your site. It can also be invaluable to check out other websites for ideas on content and design.

And if it all gets too much, step away from the computer and get on with your life. You will be surprised by how often an idea for an article hits you whilst you are lying in the bath!